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. 2008 Jun 26;246(9):1315–1321. doi: 10.1007/s00417-008-0842-3

Table 5.

Ophthalmic findings in 117 GO patients at first visit to tertiary referral centre

  N Valid percent
Retrobulbar pain 47 40
Tearing 53 45
Photophobia 38 33
Grittiness 22 19
Double vision 53 45
Blurred vision 29 25
Unhappy with eyelids 57 49
Unhappy with proptosis 52 44
Lid aperture > 10 mm 80 76
Eyelid swelling 75 65
Eyelid redness 12 10
Chemosis 34 30
Conjunctival redness 29 25
Canuncle swelling 17 15
Superior Limbic keratitis 1 1
Corneal stippling 12 10
Normal VA 98 84
Reduced VA due to GO 8/6 7/5
Reduced VA due to other causes 10/12 9/10
Hertel > ULN, males 52 58
Hertel > ULN, females 13 57
No diplopia 58 52
Diplopia in extremes of gaze 35 31
Diplopia in all directions 19 17
Enlarged muscles on CT 16/18 25/29
Increased fat volume 8 /11 13/11
Increase muscle + fat 28/28 45/45
Apical crowding 2/3 3/5
No abnormalities 9/7 14/11

When two numbers are given per item, the first refers to the right and the second to the left eye. When one number per item is given, this number refers either to the patient or to the eyes, in which the findings in OD and OS were exactly similar. OD= Right eye, OS= Left Eye